Influence of micro-site conditions on tree-ring climate signals and trends in central and northern Sweden

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1395-1404

  Düthorn, Elisabeth ^a   Holzkämper, Steffen ^b   Timonen, Mauri ^c   Esper, Jan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; Dendroclimatology; Pinus sylvestris L.; Scandinavia; Tree growth; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L; SCANDINAVIA; TREE GROWTH; TREE-RING WIDTH;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); LAKES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

DRIERS; FORESTRY; LAKES; MATHEMATICS; METEOROLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TREES;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84884201823     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0887-8     Document Type: Article

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